The Anti-Corruption Authority has arrested five people from the Clean Air Foundation of Mongolia. The Director N.Khurelsukh, Chief accountant M.Khulan and assistant accountant A.Boldmaa were arrested as suspects for corruption, embezzlement of a large sum of money belonging to public funds and conspiracy on May 28th and detained at the pre-trial  detention center number 461 of the Court Decision Enforcement General Office. The suspects are being questioned over the embezzlement of 3 billion and 56 million MNT from the public fund.

The Clean Air Foundation, a special foundation of the Government of Mongolia, was established to implement operations and programs approved by a series of laws; Air Law, the Law for Special Government Agency, Air Pollution Fee Law and the City Air Pollution Law.

It was revealed that a large sum of money given to the foundation from the State was transferred to an individual`s bank account and a company account illegally.